Pitch selections have been unveiled for MIFA 2016, the European marketplace and pitching forum running June 15 & 16 alongside the Annecy International Animated Film Festival (June 13-18).

Each year, the MIFA Pitches showcase the best in original animation projects in their first phase of development in four categories: feature films, short films, TV series and specials, and transmedia. In 2015, an additional category, Animation du Monde, was created, targeting projects from countries where animation is emerging and providing a unique way to discover a different creativity and awareness.

This year’s selections include 35 promising and original projects that stood out from the 412 overall submissions:

Feature Films

• Tito e os passaros (Brazil) Directors: Gustavo Steinberg, Gabriel Bitar
• Super Vinamotor (France) Directors: Francois Leroy, Stephanie Lansaque
• Memorias de un hombre en pijama (Spain) Directors: Carlos Fernandez, Paco Roca
• Solo Lobo (Hungary) Director: Zoltan Miklosy
• Nimuendaju (Brazil) Director: Tania Anaya

Short Films

• La Soupe aux singes (France) Director: Alix Fizet
• Traces (France) Directors: Hugo Frassetto, Sophie Tavert
• Entre sombras (Portugal) Directors: Monica Fernandes Dos Santos, Alice Guimaraes
• Le Nouveau (France) Director: Eric Montchaud
• Trona Pinnacles (France) Director: Mathilde Parquet
• La Lampadaire (Bulgaria/France) Director: Emma Vakarelova
• Vieille peau (France) Director: Julie Rembauville
• Carpelle (France/Hungary) Directors: Sarolta Szabo, Tibor Banoczki

TV Series and Specials

• Plantheon (France) Director: Thomas Pons
• diario de Alice (Brazil) Director: Diogo Viegas
• Mille et un Moyen Age (France) Directors: Paul Bourgois, Jeremy Boulard
• Little Idle Hands (U.K.) Director: Felix Massie
• Flee (Denmark) Director: Jonas Poher-Rasmussen
• Urikito 3024 (France) Director: Melanie Duval
• The Jan & Rai Show (Australia) Director: Lluis Sanchez Jorge

Transmedia

• Chez Simone (France) Director: Alwa Deluze
• Elemented (Canada) Director: Emily Paige
• Gagarine: Cosmic Trip (France) Director: Daniel Khamdamov
• Before You Wake – Discover Tesla’s Secret Invention (Croatia/Serbia) Director: Branislav Brkich
• Astrononeko (France) Directors: Axel Rousseau, Clement De Ruyter
• Nothing Happens (Denmark) Director: Uri Kranot

Animation du Monde

• Nuna: La Agonia del Wamani (Peru) Director: Jimmy Carhuas
• Step into the River (China) Director: Weijia Ma
• Dog Days (Georgia) Director: Vakhtang Tato Kotetishvili
• A Crow (Georgia) Director: Sandro Katamashvili
• Fairy Wheels (South Africa) Director: Clea Mallinson
• Khamsa (Algeria) Directors: Khaled Chiheb, Messaoud Rouag, Kamal Zakour
• Island (China) Director: Mengqian Chen
• Mad Peter (China) Director: Ginger (Yiqing) Liu
• Riga’s Lilac (Latvia) Director: Lizete Murovska

Pitch Sessions (Impérial Palace, Ravel A&B):

• Feature Films -- Wednesday, June 15, 11:00am-1:00pm
• Short Films -- Wednesday June 15, 2:00-3:30pm
• Transmedia -- Wednesday June 15, 4:00-5:30pm
• TV Specials and Series -- Thursday June 16, 9:30-11:00am
• Animation du Monde -- Thursday June 16, 11:30am-1:00pm

Information on the full MIFA Pitches program is available here.

Source: Annecy International Animated Film Festival